SWT Layouts - Example

The Java Developer's Guide to Eclipse

In Chapter 14, The Standard Widget Toolkit: A Lean Mean Widget Machine, you learned the fundamentals of SWT layout managers. The layout example demonstrates a very simple example using all the layout managers and their associated classes. Also see the companion projects com.ibm.jdg2e.swt and com.ibm.jdg2e.swt.snippets (containing nearly 250 SWT examples).

The example is contained in an a view named SWT Layouts Example. The view and its location in the Show View dialog are shown below.

Each layout is contained in a StackLayout. The Example Layouts selection list allows you to select the layout to display.

A simple name and address form is included using two different layout managers: GridLayout and FormLayout.

Running the Example

To run the example, launch the run-time instance of Eclipse (Run > Run As > Eclipse Application). Select Window > Show View > Other…> to open the selection dialog and then choose JDG2E> SWT Layouts Example. The view should display. Double click on the view title bar so the view occupies the entire workbench window. Select any layout from the list of available layouts.

Roadmap of the Example

The code is very easy to follow. There is one class (LayoutView). All work is done in the createPartControl method or methods called from createPartControl.

The example is contained in a single class in the com.ibm.jdg2e.swt.layouts package.

Class Description

LayoutView Displays the view SWT Layouts Example

Class	Description
`LayoutView`	Displays the view SWT Layouts Example